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The unbearable lightness of time: consumer society objects in the history class

This article propose the use of consumer objects in history classes. It argues that the reflection on the multiple relations between citizens and consumer objects may lead to the development of the awareness of time, or better yet, of the connections or disconnections between past, present, and future. The intention is to state the need of a place for the memory of daily life objects and of the reflection on the consumer society in history education.

Objects; History Education; Time; Consumer Society


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